Indigeneity & the Environment with the Yale Center for Environmental Justice

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Professor Chuck Sams (Director of Indigenous Programs, Yale Center for Environmental Justice) and Professor Gerald Torres (Founder, Yale Center for Environmental Justice) will speak about indigenous environmental justice, tribal sovereignty, natural resource management, education, and cultural revitalization in the United States. 

About the Yale Center for Environmental Justice:
The Yale Center for Environmental Justice (YCEJ) works with partners across Yale and in communities around the world to remedy the key drivers of injustice while co-creating generative solutions for a more just and sustainable world. The Yale Center for Environmental Justice is a joint undertaking between Yale School of the Environment and Yale Law School, in partnership with the Yale College’s Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration.

About Chuck Sams:
Charles “Chuck” F. Sams III — a national leader in environmental stewardship, tribal a national leader in environmental stewardship, tribal sovereignty, and public service — is joining the Yale Center for Environmental Justice as its inaugural director of Indigenous Programs. Sams brings over 30 years of leadership experience to his role at the Yale Center for Environmental Justice. Most recently, he made history as the First Native American to serve as Director of the National Park Service, where he championed initiatives to expand equitable access to public lands, deepen and expand tribal co-management, and strengthen climate resilience across the country’s most treasured landscapes. 

About Gerald Torres:
A pioneer in the field of environmental law, Torres has spent his career examining the intrinsic connections between the environment, agricultural and food systems, and social justice. His research into how race and ethnicity impact environmental policy has been influential in the emergence and evolution of the field of environmental justice. His work also includes the study of conflicts over resource management between Native American tribes, states, and the federal government.
 

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